Thursday, February 7, 2008

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team is arguably the most hated sports team in the country. Why is there such animosity towards Duke. Blue Devil fans will have you believe it's jealousy over their success. I don't think that's true. I am impartial, and actually kind of root for North Carolina, as do many people who simply like basketball. UNC was a basketball school and people enjoyed the history and traditions that go on there. And UNC has won one more national championship (4) than Duke (3). I don't think that could possibly be it. So after some research I have come up with the Top Ten Reasons people hate Duke.

10. The name Blue Devils: Not because of the fact that it is anti-religious, but because they are named after a the French fighting batallion "les Diables Bleus", and no one likes the French. This actually proves my point that the hatred of Duke has nothing to do with their success, because the French Army always loses. Go ahead type "French Military Victories" into the Google search and click I'm feeling lucky. It comes up with this page and the Did you mean: French military defeats. We don't hate Duke because they win, we hate them because they are named after the French Military.

9. Coach Krzyzewski: For so many reasons. First of all he looks like a rat, and having to watch him pace the sidelines and whine, bitch, and moan while just thinking he's looking for cheese or picturing his head stuck in a mouse-trap. Also Look at his last name, now I don't see how his name is Chi-Chef-ski. His name is Kriz-iz-ooski, doesn't that make more sense. Hey I have a tough last name (Domschke) but when you break it down it sounds like it's spelled Dom-Sch-ke, it's not Tra-lada-daski. Why should the world form to how you want your name pronounced.

8. Dick Vitale: Not Dick Vitale as a person, because, though he can be a little abrasive at times, he's good at his job. Except when he's doing Duke games, and he always seems like he's doing Duke games. It's one thing to have a gently hidden bias when doing commentary. I can only imagine how hard it would be to do an Arizona game and not be at the very least slightly biased, but then again, I'm not a professional and people don't have to listen to me. Vitale not only is slightly biased he is a half step away from cheering for Duke on the telecast, and not quietly but more like that one friend who won't shut up during a game, rooting for Duke. I half expect him to have blue face paint in the booth.

7. The Cameron Crazies: I am all about rooting for your team, I'm the guy who refuses to sit down, and althouh I'm not personally a fan of the jumping, I'm all for spirit. With that said the Cameron Crazies are ridiculous. As in this SI Article from a couple years ago "Taunts such as 'Safety school!' (toward Wake Forest) and 'We're smart! You're dumb!' (at UNC) that play off Duke's academic standards continue to anger not only opponents but also many among the 4,000-plus students who don't attend games. The condemnation is completely obnoxious. We don't hate you because you're smarter, we hate you because you think you're smarter than you are. Especially since their "Cheer Sheets" were inflitrated by a UNC fan.

6. Cameron Crazies Cheer Sheets: Even worse than just their holier than thou attitude are their obnoxious cheers. According to one cheer sheet, "DON’T hesitate to uphold the tradition of the Cameron Crazies. There’s a reason people all over this fine country hate us, and it’s because we’re clever, ruthless, and persistent fans. Let’s make that especially true this year. Yell loud and stay loud." Clever and pre-printed mass produced cheer sheets seem like complete opposites to me. Their entire game plan is figured out on the sheets, if you refer back to my complaint about the Diamondback fans from October, they have to be told when and what to cheer, it's just sad.

5. Calls: They get all the calls for whatever reason the refs are afraid to call anything against Duke. Count how many steps McRoberts takes here. I think I got 9 or 10. There is plenty of other no call travels. Also, watch their guards on defense they get into position of the ballhandler, good defensive stance, legs shoulder width apart and then give them their best Tim Tebow impression and shove their arm into the guys back. Last time I checked hand checking was illegal, but that's a staple of their defense. Were they grandfathered in or something when they added the rule? And I'm pretty sure that what Paulus is doing in the picture at the left isn't all that kosher either.

4. Flops: To go along with the calls, and as I'm sure you all know the flops. I could post videos of their flops but I don't think blogger has the space available to host them all. Here's the most obvious of recent Greg Paulus flops but just search for Greg Pauaus on youtube or google, all you get is video and pictures of him flopping. It's nothing new, they've been doing it for years, and all I can picture is Coach K with a piece of cheese imitating the great Gordon Bombay telling them to take the fall and act hurt.

3. Media: Duke is shoved down our throats whether die-hard or casual observers of the game from October through April. There is a media bias the likes of which have never been seen before, for some reason everyone, with a microphone, loves Duke. It's not just Vitale. Just over a week ago Duke was "flying under the radar" if you are ranked #3, how exactly can you be flying under the radar? Did I mention their next 9 games are all televised. Right, silently under the radar, no one will even see them.

2. The Cheap plays: Beyond just the dives and flops and no calls, Duke is cheap, always have been. Skip forward to about 26 second of this clip for the best angle. That was during the '06-'07 season. Yeah, he was definately going after the ball. The year before that clip, in the '05-'06 we saw this happen at right. Wow, it appears that North Carolina's top player has some trouble avoiding Duke players swinging at his head. It wouldn't be, say because Coach K tells them to try to injure the other team's top player. A man of his caliber would never try to instill values like that. Wait, it's the same guy who teaches flops and berates refs until calls go his way right?

1. The Number One Reason: Former Duke player, current NBA Star Elton Brand said it best "Thank you very much, for reminding me of the reason why I left Duke. Peolple like you cannot and willnot (sic) ever understand my situation. I'm sure daddy worked very hard to send your rich self to college. While real people struggle. I would also like to extend an invitation for you not to waste your or my time ever agin. Never being considered a part of your posh group of yuppies really hurts me to the heart. Yea Right because I don't care about you or your alumni."

And to close with a quote from PTI co-host, and Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon, "The number of people who still haven't seen [Arizona Guard Salim]Stoudamire is dwindling, thankfully, as is the number of people who think Duke's Redick is a better shooter. There really shouldn't be any debate anymore as to which player is a better shooter because, as Shakur said, the numbers are so overwhelming in Stoudamire's favor, to ignore them is to admit to some agenda."

I'm sure there are ten reasons we all hate duke, but those listed above are not it. Winning changes everything.

If you hate floppers in the ACC, try Deron Washington. If you hate on Polish people for how they spell their last name vs how it's pronounced, wait until you see their latest recruit on the court. If you think McRoberts travels (and he often did), I second the opinion of the above poster regarding Psycho T. Watch his youtube video dunk against the ridiculously tall 7 footer at UNC Greensboro. I believe he took 10 steps too.

As for Dicky V, I agree the crowd shots of his family and grandchildren decked out in Paulus and Redick jersies is slightly egregious. However during his second game back he said his grandkids where the hometeam's jersey always. Is that a legit excuse? At least it's an explanation that works for ESPN. Just don't get me started on how awful Len Elmore and Mike Patrick are when calling ACC games. You'd think the best conference in the nation would get some more reputable announcers.

Thank you! FINALLY SOMEONE EXPLAINS THIS! I am a HUGE UNC fan so I obviously hate dook. No one is jealous of dook no one likes dook cept the dook fans and did i mention that they are snobby rude and just plain stupid?

Georgia Tech just lost to Duke by 11 or 12. Tech shot their first free throw with 9:34 to go in the game! I'm sure there is no bias there. If you "dookie's" are so damn good, why do you get all the calls in the ACC and then get your asses handed to you in the NCAA tournament?

I agree with all of those reasons. No one likes duke, and why would we be jealous of a bunch of obnoxious, ugly, rude fans and players? There are plenty of reasons why people hate duke. And they do get all the calls, not just for traveling. And to all you Duke fans: if you like Duke, why did you read this in the first place? And, some of you still had the nerve to comment. That's Duke for you.

the reason duke is on tv so much is because we have the fans who will watch us. it all comes down to money. commentators talk about duke a lot because there are a ton of loyal fans who religiously watch games and they want to drive ratings up. same reason that duke's rank seems to be 'inflated' - fans are more likely to tune in if their team is doing well that season. i'm a duke student for the record, but im just saying .. it all comes back to money. duke makes espn a ton of money.

Duke does not "suck" but they SHOULD be hated: 1) Paulus, 2) Coach K, 3) Vitale, 4) Cheer Sheets, and 5) Duke fans - who cares about the Crazies when there are over 1,000,000 moron, bandwagon, ignorant, trashy fans that could not get into Duke (poor, stupid, or both).

You don't hate Coach K because of his looks. If you did, you wouldn't like Hansbrough with those wild and crazy looking eyes. The reason you don't like Coach K is because he is the best coach to coach a NCAA basketball team. And his 3 national champs to Dean Smiths 2 doesn't hurt. Now, lets talking about flopping. Everyone does it. It's actually an advantage to the other team because when it doesn't get called, then its 5v4 for a few seconds. And I also believe all Carolina games are on TV too. Duke doesn't rule that category.

One last thing, and it's the main reason I hate Carolina. For all you Duke fans, how many Carolina fans, or Maryland fans have you tried talking basketball too? How many conversations had "Duke sucks" or something similiar? They dwell on it. When they think basketball, they think Duke, and that's why they hate us so much. And I think that's the main reason you hate Duke.

What a great article! I agree with most of those reasons, except that I do like Coach K. I think he's an exceptional basketball coach. I think I'd replace that reason with, "Greg Paulus is a whiny little girl." I can't STAND to watch him play. It makes me sad that he plays for an ACC team.

I think Gerald Henderson is ridiculous. Basketball is all fun and games until you break someone's nose. That was one of the most unsportsmanlike things I've seen (up until the Budinger debacle) and I think Henderson is pathetic.

I can't wait to see Hansbrough and the gang kick their asses. 4-0 at Cameron, WHAT???

And PS. This just makes me laugh:

"Yea thoose where all stupid reasons. It sounds like your very jealous and just know but are trying to hide the fact that Duke is beter than UNC.

P.S. Learn how to spell and type."

Please don't ask someone to learn how to spell and type, when you are inefficient yourself.

1. If you put a "mousetasche" on your coach, he would physically be a clone of Adolph Hitler.

2. Your coach is somewhat of a racist and is attempting to revive the "Arian Race" through Dook Basketball.

3. Your "koach k" is a narcissist..a buttface to the inth degree. To quote Ian Williams "The most hilarious thing is that Koach thinks he can fix any situation by having his players respond more aggressively to criticism and getting into the fray more, and getting Duke's message out there more, rather than shrugging it off. Only a true narcissist believes that the solution to all your problems is showing more of yourself."

4. It's frequently known that this guy always has the demeanor of one who has found human excrement in his glass of milk. He's all about "K".

5. His hatred for the "south" is acknowledged by his unrelenting recruiting of Syracuseites and Jerseyites. They match the 90% yankee, filthy, stinking populationon the Dook Campus.

Also you claim that most people who watch basketball cheer for UNsucks. This may be true because like most spineless Americans you simply hop on the bandwagon and cheer for a team loved by all. Also Hansborough is a bug eyed wimp who doesn't have enough guts to block a shot and makes wimpy flops that always get called. (by the way he got steamrolled by paulus a much smaller much lighter point-guard and got called for a charge. Although I in know way justify Gerald Henderson's actions t least Hansboroughs nose now matches his eyes (both are severely messed up.) The answer to why everyone hates duke is simply this. Duke is a school filled with extremely intelligent people and is thus an opposite to UNC. (Trust me my life skills teacher went to UNC and constantly is amazed at how 9th graders can manage algebra II when he failed it his senior year of high school. Since Duke effortlessly surpasses UNC in academics and can hold there ground against UNC in basketball this infuriates the Carolina masses who believe "nerds can't play sports." These inerudite fans show there constant exasperation for Duke athletic success by jeering at Duke.

PS: For all you Carolina supporters out there who in laymans terms don't even have a vocabulary worthy of insulting anything. Duke fans are by no means unintelligent, you simply can't think of anything better to say than "Duke is stupid"

I openly invite any of you sniveling Carolina fans out their to challenge my claims and close by saying this to the last Anonymous fan who posted before me. The reason Duke has so many "Yankees" is simply because Northerns are far more intelligent than southerners sorry just a fact. And (if you want to go there)it shows in how we outsmarted you "southerns" by building factories and stomping you into the ground in the Civil War.

"Although I in know way justify .." do you mean I in no way, because KNOW way, makes KNOW sense... "and can hold there ground" that probably was meant to be THEIR ground, I know it's a common mistake amongst most others with a 8th grade education. It's hard for me to believe someone who can't tell the difference between Know and No and There and Their can possibly have a vocabulary with words like "inerudite". My guess is you probably typed this in Word and then clicked the thesaurus button everytime you use the word stupid to make it sound more intelligent.

If the refs knew the appropriate time to blow the whistle, Duke would've lost to Texas. But because they're Duke and refs feel obligated to make calls in their favor, they got away with one. Texas played their hearts out, and it's a shame that the refs couldn't see the game through both teams' plea. I am venting right now because Maryland lost, but who better to take it out on than Duke.

Would you people give it a rest Duke won and your just another complaining loser who has hopped on the bandwagon to hate Duke. NO ONE CARES that your crying because your terps got smashed by Memphis and got beat by duke by what was it.......41.

And for you Dom, I find it highly more likely that you are the type of person who would use word to check your comment. You actually posted a picture on your profile and from the looks of it you're most likely a 24 year old bound to end up living with his parents. NO ONe takes time to check what they wrote on these comments, and for you to make an inference about someone's intellect based upon a posted comment is stupid. You probably just make that stupid comment about that kids post as a cover for the fact that are so lame you actually do use Word to check your post.

PS: Just wondering if your gay. Your picture is with you and three other men and you referred to Arizona as "my kitty kats" very unmasculine.

WOW, Reason number basically somes up your post as completely false. Are you honestly that thick headed? You really believe people hate Duke because they were named after a French military squadron from World War One? I would bet money 99% of the UNC fans who despise Duke have no idea about why they are called the Blue devils. That is a poor assumption just like you post.

Yes I did post a picture on my profile, because, unlike you I stand behind everything I type rather than hide behind some anonymous tag, but I actually am 24 years old, very astute guess. I don't use word check, because it effs up the formatting on the page, so I type everything into the blog itself. And there's no thesaurus option available.

I'm also happily married with a 10 month old daughter and we live in a house all our own. As for the picture with three other men it should be noted that the tall, handsome one in the middle left is Hall of Famer Lute Olson, which is why I proudly post the picture. Another is a co-writer on this blog, and it was taken in front of the glorious buliding known as Old Main. I have male friends who accompany me in pictures, because unlike you I actually have friends.

And as for the masclunity, either you have it or you don't. I call them my kitty kats and I'm not afraid to, because I'm not trying to pretend to be masculine. I'll let my 5:00 shadow do my talking for me. I call them my kitty kats, because it's a pet name for something I love. It's fitting then that the only pet name for Duke and their fans is a synonym for crap. I didn't even have to pull out the thesaurus for that one.

And please PLEASE learn the difference between your and you're. Your is something that belongs to someone, like YOUR bad opinions, acne, and intellect and YOUR lack of a social life. You're is a combination of the words you and are, like you're just another complaining douche Dook fan, and just wondering if you're gay.

Sorry dom I have to side with the other guy, there is no way that you can call anyone or defend yourself from being gay when you call the Arizona Wildcats "my kitty cats." Cover it up by claiming your not afraid but it is what it is. You also called the man in the middle handsome, so why don't you try to cover that up. And as for your comment on that guys lack of a social life, wouldn't the fact that you went to the trouble to create a profile as a blogger and post pictures show that YOU have no social life. Maybe your insecure and have to boast about your friends and show pictures and insult others just because you feel sad. Can't you read? He claimed no one critiques their grammar on these blogs. My comment is probably strewn with grammatical mistakes but No One really cares. The point of these comments are to make points not show your understanding of grammar. People use anonymous because THEY HAVE SOCIAL LIFE'S and don't waste their time on computers making profiles with pictures of their best buddies.

PS: If Duke is crap than your Wild Cats are worse. Might I remind you of the beat down your "kitty cats" got in 2001. Thats probably why you loathe the awesomeness of Duke.

Southerners aren't stupid, to assume you can judge anyones intelligence by were they are from is idiotic. However it is a fact that the North does smoke the south when it comes to test scores (not to say that measures intelligence.)

(And regarding the Anonymous who posted before me) I am from the South and can see how you might be angered by that person's comment. But the fact that you lack a 5th graders vocabulary and the only adjectives you know are cuss words doesn't help your point and only provides more evidence for the stereotypical statement that Northerns are more intelligent. Please don't post anymore comments because your only supporting that person's claim with every pitiful insertion of a cuss word you make.

I'm sorry to break it to all of you haters but this article is completely biased. Obviously people are to jealous that there college sucks so they decide to rag on a better school. By the way, Arizona is terrible and Redick is better than Stoudamire.

WoW, you're real cool. I guess you consider yourself tough. You went to the trouble to make a profile how cute. News Flash you don't show a picture or anything that (besides a name that thousands of other people have) distinguishes you from all the other anonymous posters on this blog. Thats a pathetic comeback, so just go marry a monkey aids girl.

I think the previous posts of Douche fans trying to defend their team is one of the main reasons most people hate Douche."Hansbrough walks/flops/is unattractive" - Obviously they are living in a dream world if they think they have any right to talk! Dook players constantly ward off with their forearm when driving with the ball. If you look "flop" up in the dictionary, it has a picture of a Dookie. And any Douche fan that talks about another player's looks is in a state of denial! Not to mention the fact that when watching a game at Hansbrough Indoor Stadium, it looks like an immigration office!And what's with calling everyone who disagrees with you Dookies gay? Is that really the most intelligent comeback you have? Most of the Douche fans crow about how much better their school is than UNC, but its obvious they couldn't get into either school, and are probably middling their way through a community college somewhere. The fact of the matter is that Carolina consistently ranks as one of the most prestigious public universities in the country, and does in fact boast a higher graduation rate of their players than does Dook!As for how great a coach The Rat is, yes, he does have 3 national championships, but if you pay attention, hasn't been past the Elite 8 in 8 years, most of the coaches that came from his stable have either failed miserably as coaches of Div I men's teams, been caught cheating, or both, and can't seem to recruit any gifted athletes now that word has started to leak out from some former players about what an asshat he truly is! Don't worry, though, as long as Douche stays in the ACC, at least the fans will get to see a true Championship team play at least twice a year!UNC = University of National Champions!

Aj, I really don't like either school in this case but when you claim UNC is more prestigious in academics than Duke you are gravely mistaken. This Carolina definitely had stronger basketball program than Duke (no arguments) but let Carolina stick to what they do best which is certainly not surpass duke in terms of academics. The average SAT score for rising Duke freshman was nearly 300 points higher than those of UNC. Comparing an academic workload at duke to one at Carolina is like comparing Ap classes to regular classes. As you so keenly noted Duke has a large Asian pop. which almost always constitutes more rigorous workloads. In essence you can't compare academics at duke to those at Carolina just like you can't compare Duke basketball team to their clearly better counterpart.

DOOK fans that actually had the nerve to comment and say that DOOK is better I got one word for you BULLSHITyou have two good players, but even then they still cant compare to the dynamic squad that UNC can put up year after year 5 championships to 3 championships (do the math)Hansbrough, Green (4-0) at CameronDOOK should now be called Hansbrough land

After this review of the facts, why would any Carolina Fan be jealous of dook and "K", alias "Hitler?" The reason for all the white people is simple. "K", alias Hitler, is known in many circles as a racist.

Spend your future time on cleaning up that Koach who tries to do an imitation of Hitler by wearing a moustache. And, while you're at it, change his countenance. He resembles one who has dicsovered human excrement in his glass of milk.

Finally, recruit some decent players. Some suggests that Scheyer is queer, and Singler needs to remove his "Halloween Mask."

"How about he takes of"...In the future, you may not wish to respond. Even the duke students I have known can use decorous grammar. Your spelling and grammar are atrocious and hints of your folly and imbecility.

While Koach "K" and the remaining members of his Schutzstaffel, "SS" and Panzers (called a basketball team) go about imitating Hitler, they fall deeper and deeper into the abyss "K" is creating, thus becoming reticent. It's not only void of any recent national titles, but notably absent from a meaningful participation in the NCAA's.

This conundrum, which is magnified and represented by your coach's cranium and countenance, is an alliteration of a "brass bowl."

Last assertion. Study harder. You'll understand the above, possibly by the year 2049.

We didn't have many of the likes of your, uh, intelligencia in the "Greater University" system. What we DID HAVE were students which could discern the dissimilarity between "to", the preposition and "too," the adverb...the pronoun "there" and the genetive personal pronoun "their," et cetera and et al.

One might also mention that "slovenly", saucy woman, the "minx" who refers to herself as Micky (as in mouse?). Saw her interviewed at The Greensboro Coliseum. She, as usual was bitching, bemoaning and griping about her husband "Adolph" and team being "booed" of all things. Don't you people get it? You are "booed" in Greensboro but not in Boston where you participated in one pathetic game and, as usual, lost! The reason you are "booed" in Greensboro and anywhere else in North Carolina is the fact that 95 per cent of your student body is made up of filthy, stinking, bastardic yankees (They don't call it DUNJ for nothing, folks). And, they love you in Boston and Jersey.(I don't think, even you, have to be told the reason why).

Point in hand. Ty Lawson was asked about being booed in Michigan's Ford Field by over 50K fans. He said the way they "handled it by simply going out there, doing (their) job (not "there") and bringing home the National Championship." They were booed, not because they represented a "group of bastards" from the North, not due to (not "too", you imbecilic morons) a group of people represented by the "second coming of "A. Hitler", but a group of people in the State of Michigan, coming together in a time of economic down-turn. And, bring home the 2009 National Title, the Tar Heels did; duke's basketball team was sitting at home, having sex with their Koach "K", each other, or just whatever they tend to do, as representative of the illegitimate minions they are.

Take your "Koach K," the one with whom we all affirm has "class"...class minus the first two letters...we, thereby offer a salute to him with our "middle finger of friendship" while forwarding our complishment with his racist defecate, "HEIL HITLER."

Listen guys, I love Carolina basketball more than anything and can see why you became so verbose in your rebutles. But, the moment you two stoop to making comments on a person's intelligence based upon their use grammar you've become just as bad as the dookies. I mean seriously, this is a blog which in no way reflects ones intelligence or understanding of grammar for that matter. Its just plain stupid to make those assumptions, people don't critique blog posts for grammatical errors. Also using phrases like "assholes" and "cock suckers" for your insults only helps the Dookies prove there point (however untrue it may be) about how Duke fans are more intelligent. Yes you make fun of those guys for their grammatical errors but your verbal venom is only poisoning the reputations of those awesome Carolina fans who don't rely on cuss words and irrelevant comments (Hitler please thats pitiful, he doesn't even have a mustache) to defend their claims to how amazing Carolina is.

So for the two anonymous posters before myself (especially the one who attempted to give us the impression that he was a well spoken intellectual but then made himself look like an idiot by making those stupid comments that had no backing whatsoever) you really need to stop posting comments on this blog unless you are attempting to make the average Carolina fan look like a numbskull.

Also for the Duke fans who continually post on this blog, Why are you even on this page? The title is THE Top Ten Reasons We Hate Duke.

Observing your grammar (above), it's no wonder you feel the way you do. How very telling; it's apparent you come from "academically brilliant" stock, also spawning you into life. There may be deeds and reasons all of us need to apologize, but pursuing an education or using proper grammar is not on the list. Just, maybe it appears on your list due to your imbecility and lack of educatiion.

And, as for Hitler, maybe that's a little harsh. But his wife, that slovenly woman, should just "shut up." Why not just stick to peddaling your posterior?"

Once again, our "magellantionous" middle finger of friendship goes out to you; why not rotate your hemorrhoidal countenance while we close again with "HEIL HITLER."

And, if Hitler greatly offends you as Krzyhdgfoulgasfaceg477rhfhski does me, try butting up with the "Bolshevik" Stalins of the world (even though he does not resemble "diarrhea face" K).

In conclusion, you need to learn these sites are for all who wish to participate. They are not limited to the Tar Heel Fans or anyone else...academic freedom, I think they referred to it as...something you would know (not the word "no") little to nothing about. And, freedom is something you and your ilk can do nothing about...not yet, anyway, not just yet.

I don't really like Duke or Carolina, but if you start rambling on about how a person's use of grammar on a blog determines intelligence your just a contemptuous snob. This is a blog not an English test.

I third the motion! That anonymous who posted (third above me) was just trying to look sophisticated by looking up complex words and shaping meaningless sentences around them. Talk about a pompous windbag.

Also his (referring to the third anonymous above myself) point on Duke fans posting on this blog makes no sense. I mean maybe he can't comprehend sentences but there wasn't anyone who said this blog was limited to Carolina fans. He simply was asking a question as to why Duke fans would click on a site labeled "Top Ten Reasons We all Hate Duke." Can't you read?

1. The only reason a grown man or woman can actually hate a college athlete they don't know (regardless of the particular school that athlete is from) is because they're jealous and lack the self-confidence to respect someone whose talents exceeds their own.

2. The only reason for a person to hate an entire academic institution is because they could not or did not get "accepted" into that institution. It's been that way through out history.

3. Adults that make make fun of 20 year old athletes from an opposing school are simply setting a negative impression of their particular collegiate allegiance AND showing their jealousy and misguided pride.

4. Until a fan suits up, steps onto the court, and personally out performs any of these college athletes, they need to shut up, stay seated on their couch with their bag of chips and just watch the sport.

If you dislike Duke, so be it. If it's UNC you dislike, so be it. At least have the common decency to do so with class and represent your own school with a level of integrity the actual players and coaches would want you to display.

Wow, that's really the best you can do? How sad for you. It's as simple as this: success breeds contempt. Duke is the most hated program in the country. I guess they are successful. How long before sad blogers like you turn on the beloved Tar Heels now that they are back on top?

If you hate floppers, you must hate Tyler Hansblahblah.

If you listen to Dickie V, you'll realize he loves all programs that "do it right" and "do it the right way".

Duke gets no calls. It's a myth propagated by haters who don't watch Duke games. Tyler Hanscheater set the record for most FT's EVER! Now that's getting all the calls!

Most people that hate Duke have never been to Cameron Indoor Stadium and have met very few true Duke fans. What they hate is the ESPN image of Duke. That's sad.

Duke is on TV so much because of ratings. It's just that simple. Want Duke to get off of ESPN, don't watch. It's all about the ratings and the money, not some perceived media bias.

There's not class in having and showing hate. Support your team and leave Duke out of it. Hater = loser!

Listen, I live in Durham, worked at Duke University for 2 years and I can tell you for the most part, Duke students have the most elitist, superior air about them. For anyone who said that to hate another team, etc., reflects jealousy (obviously referring to the Carolina fan who wrote the blog) what does that say about the Duke fans in Cameron, arguably the nastiest, most venomous crowd in all of sports (save maybe for Brittish soccer fans!), their jealousy is apparently unparalleled. But this is the one thing that grates on me about Duke fans worse than anything else: they try to put forth this confident, superior, 'we-are-the-best' personna while displaying shameless desperation in begging top recruits like Harrison Barnes to 'Pleeeaaasse come to Duke!' with signs and banners (a blattant violation of NCAA recruiting regulations for which they NEVER get penalized!) I know Barnes visited Oklahoma, UNC, and Kansas and there was not one record that I could find of any of this type of behavior from any of these schools. But Duke shamelessly debases themselves anytime they have a shot at a top ranked recruit. Before Kyrie Irving commited, they did the dame thing and the same thing with John Wall last year. It is truly pathetic bahavior on its own, but when coupled with this holier than thou, we're-too-good-to-have-to-beg-anyone-to-come-here attitude (a glaring contradiction - if Duke was such a great place, you shouldn't NEED to beg and plead!) it becomes downright embarrassing. For the record, I don't hate Duke. They're just so freaking annoying, like a gnat that gets in your ear, not a threat, just an annoyance.

all you white yankee bastards are the biggest bunch of chode suckers in the world.........now go ahead and grade me for spelling/punctuation. you cant read a post from a goddamn chode sucker that is void of a smart ass, just looked over my sat vocab study guide, smart ass statement. you fucking bastards all need to die and burn in hell

all you white yankee bastards are the biggest bunch of chode suckers in the world.........now go ahead and grade me for spelling/punctuation. you cant read a post from a goddamn chode sucker that is void of a smart ass, just looked over my sat vocab study guide, smart ass statement. you fucking bastards all need to die and burn in hell

Ladies and Gentlemen we have a Redneck Retard in our midst. Now I ask that you all remember not to use complex words (anything beyond 7th grade vocab is unacceptable) as it may result in severe exasperation and brain damage to our readers underdeveloped brain. Just remember he's only ranting because he's upset about his inability to use any adjectives besides expletives. (And quite possibly his minimum wage job at the nearest fastfood vendor.)

I'm a HUGE UNC fan. I hate Dook because their students are so smart, they have a squeaky clean program led by the American Gold Metal Olympic coach who's a lot brighter than our coach, their players are clean cut and can speak proper English when interviewed, they go to class and they GRADUATE, they play hard for 40 minutes, and an awful lot of our students will probrably have to work for a Dookie some day. That's why I hate DUKE.

whoever wrote this is bitter and so jealous it's comical. thank you for brightening my day with a laugh. it is cynical, negative, jealous folks like you that don't get into such a fine institution as Duke University. GO DUKE 2010 NATIONAL CHAMPS.

my main reason for the hatred is not players, its the calls they get. its true duke makes tons of $ for espn...but its duke fans that think all ppl watching are tuning in to see duke win. WRONGO!i watch just about all their games in hopes to see duke fall. im man enough to admit, it doesnt happen alot. and thats ok. it just makes it that much sweeter when they die. im willing to bet that more than half the ppl watching duek, are watching them in hopes they fail. and yes, by watching them, we actually support them on some level. but hey, fact is nc is unc country, and it will never be close. i dont care if duke wins 15 nat championships. its a baby blue st. baby babe!

just to add to it a little...those annoying cameron crazies. what is their deal...can we grow up a little. duke fans say they do it cuz they are the "biggest fans in the country." i would argue that the simple fact they dress up, paint ehir entire body, and act like fools for 40 mins; they are actually taking away from the game. when at a game (supporting your team) your total consentration & focus should be on your team, not upstaging them. looking to get on tv & acting rediculous sounds like a selfish act to me. it screams "look at me!!" when u should be looking at the guys on the court who work hard in practice and in the class room. go to the games, sit in your seat and cheer. act your intelligence that got u into duke.u think u look cool. but u look desperate for attention.

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"Poor Carolina fans like Jeff end up working in an assembly line for Duke Grads2010 and repeat in 2011nough said."

Do you even go to Duke? It's not even Carolina fans talking; it's the whole country. You are obnoxious and rude. If that's the spirit of "Dook" then congratulations; mission accomplished. Grace and decency are better qualities than your SAT score.

I am a carolina fan. I go to unc but i could have gone to yale or harvard. I got into all of them but i chose unc. I am going to yale or medical school. Yes you may call me dumb but i am trully not. My sat scores are probobally higher than yours. I think duke is a great school but i root against them on gameday.. Hhaha